Monday, April 1, 2013
Emily Good spent the month of September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, sharing the stories of children affected by this devastating illness.
(Editor's note: As Snellville gears up for the annual Relay for Life, Snellville Patch is re-featuring a story on a Brookwood student who pours her life into helping children with childhood cancer. Since publishing the story on Good, the documentary film she collaborated on has been released. You can view it here. If you have a story you would like to share, please email Crystal.Huskey@patch.com.) Emily Good defies the image of a stereotypical “me generation” teen. Not one to shy away from pain or suffering, she pours herself into the middle of it so she can adequately describe to others what it’s like. For Good, 17, childhood cancer is a monster she battles for those who are in its grip. At the age of 14, she lost her best friend, Daniela…
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Congratulations to Emily Good, who was selected as Huffington Post's 'Greatest Person of the Day.'
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Emily Good spent the month of September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, sharing the stories of children affected by this devastating illness.
Emily Good defies the image of a stereotypical “me generation” teen. Not one to shy away from pain or suffering, she pours herself into the middle of it so she can adequately describe to others what it’s like. For Good, 17, childhood cancer is a monster she battles for those who are in its grip. At the age of 14, she lost her best friend, Daniela Joel, to the disease. Just a month ago, she lost another best friend, Taylor Filorimo, to childhood cancer as well. Rather than bemoan her loss, she took that hurt and turned it into action. She joined forces with an award-winning documentary filmmaker, Mike Gillette, the Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation and others to market and produce a film on childhood cancer. The film, "Truth 365," …
Monday, June 25, 2012
Organizers of a Snellville nonprofit the Amanda Riley Foundation say the recent fundraising event was a success.
Nearly 370 runners helped make the second year of the "Miles-4-Smiles" race a successful event, according to organizers. The race took place over the weekend on June 23 at Tribble Mill Park in Lawrenceville. Proceeds from the race go to benefit the Snellville charity Amanda Riley Foundation, which helps families dealing with child cancers. "The weather was hot but, it did not stop a crowd of over 500 from coming out to support the Amanda Riley Foundation," said Barbara Riley, who leads the nonprofit with her husband, Steve. "Early calculations indicate that this event raised more than $17,000 for children battling cancer." The organization is named in honor of Riley's daughter, Amanda, a Brookwood High school student and athlete who died …
Friday, June 15, 2012
Join James Axmacher Saturday in "squeezing out" childhood cancer.
In an effort to join the battle against childhood cancer, local 4th grader James Axmacher will host an Alex’s Lemonade Stand on Saturday, June 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Unique Treasures Flea Market. James was inspired to get involved with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation after hearing stories of friends and family members who passed away due to cancer. The story of Alexandra “Alex” Scott inspired James to get involved in the fight against childhood cancer. His wish is for all children to be able to run and play in the sun with their friends, while they grow into healthy adults. Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) emerged from the front yard lemonade stand of cancer patient Alexandra “Alex” Scott (1996-2004). In 2000, 4-year-old …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
This young woman is changing the world, and she isn't even 16 yet.
Emily Good, a sophomore at Brookwood High School, spends as much time online as any other teenager, but her experience isn't solely about engaging friends on social media. She spends most of her time sending out information and awareness about cancer, a disease that has affected too many people in her young life. Good remembers watching a show sponsored by St. Jude around the age of six. The stories of young children affected by cancer and other life-threatening diseases spoke strongly to her heart, and she has been passionate about raising awareness and funds ever since. At the age of ten, she led a group of four other children in a Jump-a-Thon. “We went and collected money, and jumped rope to raise money for St. Jude,” she explained. …
Sunday, September 18, 2011
A look back at Snellville Patch over the past week.
Here'a a look back at some of the top stories over the past week. September 11: On this day we took the time to highlight the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. For complete coverage of the day see our special section. September 12: Meet the Candidates: Barbara Bender Barbara Bender is running for mayor. See why she thinks she is the perfect person for the job. Local Churches Honor 9/11 Read how local churches commemorated the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. September 13: Meet the Candidates: Dave Emanuel We sit down with city council candidate Dave Emanuel. He's running unopposed, as are the other council candidates. City Honors Local Agency, Childhood Cancer Awareness The city of Snellville has named September Childhood Cancer …
Thursday, September 15, 2011
"Kids Conquer Cancer" helps bring awareness to childhood cancer this month
September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and CURE Childhood Cancer is highlighting more than 50 childhood cancer patients as part of their “Kids Conquer Cancer” initiative. On September 18 they will be featuring Snellville’s own Alan Sims. Alan is a fifth grader at Brookwood Elementary and a 57-month cancer survivor. When Alan was in kindergarten they discovered he had extremely high cholesterol and began working to keep it down. In September 2006, he started having very bad nose bleeds and headaches. The nose bleeds began to become more frequent. “His kindergarten teacher and I started doing a calendar,” says Alida Sims, Alan’s mother. “They thought it was sinuses or infections. They finally sent us to Children’s Medicine …
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Barbara Riley and her husband, Steve, started the Amanda Riley Foundation to "bring smiles to kids battling cancer" five months after their daughter died.
Despite the perilous economy and with no non-profit experience, Barbara Riley, 47, and her husband, Steve, started a foundation in their daughter’s honor a year ago in September that has raised more than $60,000 and brought smiles to 26 children undergoing cancer treatment. “The focus of the Amanda Riley Foundation is on today and helping kids while they’re in the midst of their battle – not after they’re healed,” Barbara Riley said. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month and Riley is passionate about painting Snellville gold – the color representing childhood cancer – by selling gold mailbox and door bows through the foundation. The Chick-fil-A restaurant on Scenic Highway is the site of the foundation’s awareness event which will …
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
In her newest column, Marlene gets to the funny of a luncheon with CURE Childhood Cancer, a worthy cause that's no joke at all.
Earlier this month, the Designing Grandmothers of Snellville welcomed Kristin Connor of Cure Childhood Cancer to our annual luncheon. Kristen is the executive director of the national organization that raises money to benefit cancer research for children. We had a great turn out. About forty people came. Some were members, others were interested in CURE and our club, and all enjoyed themselves. There was a light luncheon served to the people who attended. We had all kinds of salads, sandwiches and good stuff. The best part was the deserts. I can’t eat wheat products, so can you imagine how much I was drooling watching all these women eat home made cakes, sweet rolls, pies and cookies. It was agony, I promise you. I did snitch frosting …
Paul Huskey
2:50 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
To see this level of maturity, passion, selflessness, and determination is such a young woman is beyond words. This topic is painful for me to think about. It physically hurts to discuss anything that involves a child being hurt. To see such an amazing young woman put herself in the middle of where absolutely no one wants to be is not inspiring, its life changing. I have known Emily good for a … more ›